Matt Banna
Recent Posts
How Do I Get Executive Buy-In for Improvement Initiatives?
July 10, 2025You’ve identified inefficiencies. You have a clear roadmap. You know your improvement initiative can move the needle. What's next? You need
Continuous Improvement vs Operational Excellence: What's the difference? | KaiNexus
June 25, 2025We are often asked if continuous improvement and operational excellence are the same. They are not, but they are closely related....
How to Scale Strategy Deployment Across Multi-Site Organizations
June 18, 2025Rolling out Strategy Deployment can be daunting, especially when you’re managing complexity across multiple sites, departments, or regions....
Should You Buy or Build Your Operational Excellence Platform?
May 29, 2025If you want Operational Excellence to deliver the same strategic value as other core business functions like Sales, Marketing, or HR, it...
Process Improvement Examples: Actionable Ideas for Quality, Efficiency & More | KaiNexus
January 22, 2025When leaders consider implementing a structured business process improvement methodology, one of the challenges they often face is...
What is Lean? | Lean Business
January 16, 2025The modern business landscape is full of buzzwords and passing management fads, so it isn't surprising if you hear of a new "methodology"...
How Visual Management Tools Start & Sustain Improvement
December 23, 2024Visual management tools surround us. Although they are so ubiquitous, we might not even think about them. For example, when your car is...
Continuous Improvement in Financial Services | KaiNexus
December 3, 2024When people think of structured continuous improvement methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma, they usually associate them with...
The 10 Principles of Operational Excellence
October 3, 2024The dictionary defines “principle” as “a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior...